Portrayer Quotes

#1. Every individual," wrote another enormously perceptive portrayer of ordinary life, Harriet Beecher Stowe, "is part and parcel of a great picture of the society in which he lives and acts, and his life cannot be painted without reproducing the picture of the world he lived in.

Jack Larkin

#2. We must see whether the same clock with weights will go faster at the top of a mountain or at the bottom of a mine; it is probable, if the pull of the weights decreases on the mountain and increases in the mine, that the earth has real attraction.

Francis Bacon

#3. So many FREAKS and not enough CIRCUSES!

Rachel Renee Russell

#4. Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.

Warren Buffett

#5. The pursuit of passion is a decisive purposeful living.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#6. Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's never what you as an artist feel is right for you.

John Scofield

#7. It is remarkable how events and truths can be reshaped, like wax that's sat too long in the sun.

Jodi Picoult

#8. You can get fired from any job at any time.

Jorge Garcia

#9. Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.

Ricky Williams

#10. The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

Richard Branson